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Update: Southbound 880 Lanes Reopen After Seven Hours of Closures
The gas leak was first reported flowing from containers on a big-rig onto the two slow lanes at about 9:20 a.m.
Updated 5:04 p.m.
All lanes on southbound Interstate Highway 880, just north of Interstate Highway 238, are open after a gas leak closed two lanes for several hours today in San Leandro, the California Highway Patrol said.
The gas leak was first reported flowing from containers on a big-rig onto the two slow lanes at about 9:20 a.m., CHP Officer Scott Cakebread said.
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A Sig-alert was issued nearly an hour and a half later, at 10:44 a.m., when the lanes remained closed, Cakebread said.
There was also a collision in the area of the leak, but Cakebread said the lane closures are from the leak.
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The No. 4 lane reopened at 1:45 p.m., the CHP said.
The Sig-alert was canceled at 4:07 p.m. after the slow lane was cleared of all the gas.
Drivers should expect residual delays.
-- Bay City News Service
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